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Microsoft Offers $250K Reward for Rustock Information
Published on 25 Jul, 2011 at 12:07 in Cyber | Viewed 37 times | No Comments
Microsoft recently announced it is offering a $250,000 reward for any information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of those involved with the Rustock spamming botnet. The bounty is part of Microsoft’s ongoing campaign against the authors of the infamous malware.
Rustock, which is known as one of the Internet’s most damaging botnets, was responsible for sending around 30 million emails per day and infiltrating computers when users…
McAfee Report: Mobile Malware is New Frontier of Cyber Crime
Published on 2 Jun, 2011 at 11:47 in GovCon Industry | Viewed 109 times | 1 Comment
The first quarter of 2011 has proven to be a busy time for cyber criminals who are now making mobile malware the new frontier of cyber crime, according to McAfee’s Labs’ most recent Threats Report.
The security company revealed in its research that Q1 2011 was the most active first quarter…
